Malta has lifted its ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men.
During a news conference from the Blood Donation Center in Guardamangia, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Health Chris Fearne announced that through an investment in a sensitive device that analyzes the blood, a specific deferment was possible related to homosexual male donors is amended.
Therefore, through this device, a person who wishes to donate blood must have been in a stable sexual relationship with one person for at least 4 months.
This applies to every blood donor he emphasized.
Parliamentary Secretary for Reforms and Equality Rebecca Buttigieg emphasized that Malta has the honor of being at the top of the international rankings with the introduction of laws that are in favor of equality. The Parliamentary Secretary said that when a person donates blood it is a noble gesture that can save lives.
